Example sentences of "[pron] be time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then : is referred to the deformed cross-section which is times the undeformed one . |
| 2 | This , however , needs patient cooperation , depends upon bowel frequency and for optimum results requires granulocyte purification which is time consuming . |
| 3 | Paul Stone from Kidlington , Mick Casey from Abingdon and Andrew Norton from Thame and Ivan Lomas from Carterton , all of them win the runners up prizes , which is Time Form 's ‘ Horses to Follow ’ . |
| 4 | And you 're time of year cos if you |
| 5 | Well I do n't think she 's time actually . |
| 6 | We have erm one female apprentice who 's time was just out there last year . |
| 7 | This is cos they tend to be high status professionals who 's time is relatively precious , so that you can go to the extent of actually having waiting rooms that you can be kept hanging around in . |
| 8 | In fact , Marie Hoader tried to account for the negative consequences of unemployment in terms of five things that employment provides in our society , five sorts of experience that more and more , as we are industrialized and as more and more people are involved in working in employment , erm have come to be important and provided via employment , and we talked of two of those earlier — one 's activity and one was time structure — and you 've just raised the issue of feeling that you 're contributing to society in some way , that you 're part of a collective purpose , that you 're not just drawing things out , you 're also doing something useful with your time . |
| 9 | Has there been time ? |
| 10 | In the defence of Verdun , it will be recalled , de Castelnau had already rendered an invaluable service in the ‘ Intermediary Line ’ , hastily constructed as a result of his coup d'oeil in January , and — had there been time for the completion of the Third Position that he had also prescribed then — there seems a chance that the German breakthrough on the 24th might have been prevented altogether . |
| 11 | There are times when his world can appear to consist of Jews and of those to whom a Jew might wish to escape — such as America 's well-heeled Wasps , or the semi-imaginary anti-Semites of Gloucestershire who figure affluently in The Counterlife . |
| 12 | There are times when it might seem that this is a definition which can produce the sense of a self which is both amorphous and autonomous , of a doubtful self which also serves to cast doubt on the human world that lies beyond the subjective individual — a world which some writers are , and some are not , very cunning in , and which is inhabited by people with a working knowledge of who they are and what they are doing . |
| 13 | Inevitably there are times and places when it is not possible to have a proper discussion on AIDS . |
| 14 | In his view , there are times when you have to fight fire with fire , or , as he put it rather more eloquently during his defence of the Grand Slam Cup decision , ‘ It was a sad reality that we were left with no real option but to protect tradition with the modern deterrent — money . ’ |
| 15 | But , as with others in society , there are times when extra help or advice is needed . |
| 16 | There are times when something happens to raise an issue high in the public consciousness — as Cleveland did child sex abuse — but the person responsible pays the price . |
| 17 | There are times when this universe seems excessively , even arbitrarily , bleak . |
| 18 | THERE are times when life not only kicks you in the teeth , but follows up with the knee in the groin and the rabbit punch to the back of the neck as well . |
| 19 | There are times when we all want to get inside the other person 's head and switch a few knobs to re-programme them completely . |
| 20 | Of course , there are times when it 's frustrating — it can take me twice as long to find anything , for example . |
| 21 | ‘ Obviously there are times when I think , why me ? . |
| 22 | ‘ There are times when I think , ‘ why me ? ’ |
| 23 | There are times when you want a more elaborate floral arrangement . |
| 24 | There are times when it is convenient for us to go to sleep ( the shops are not open , etc. ) and when it is expected that we will not be noisy . |
| 25 | Managers will wish to know if the body clock means that there are times when the output of their work-force is below standard and the general public will be concerned about the possibility that safety in industrial processes , public services , transportation , etc. will be adversely affected at some times . |
| 26 | ‘ There are times when I wish she could have a couple of years off to bring up her children , be at home with them , and not worry about anything else apart from them and her husband . |
| 27 | In my busy life there are times when I dream of long periods away from people . |
| 28 | There are times , of course , when all goes well and we actually enjoy it , but at other times the cost seems too heavy and we have few people we can share the job with or who can understand . |
| 29 | All this is , I know , easier to say than to do and there are times when everyone feels shy . |
| 30 | But you can spare very much trouble because there are times when you can say to someone , ‘ At this point , you are going in the wrong direction . ’ |